Group of American soldiers and sailors play cards on deck of ship. Cards lay on deck. Men's hands in the frame as they lay cards down. Head and shoulders of one card player. Sailor smokes cigar while playing. Soldiers play cards. (World War II period).
A sailor reads letter near elevator aboard LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Several amphibious craft at anchor in harbor. Group of sailors looks over life lines on LST. Men in line go through hatchway for chow. Men come out of hatchway with chow on their trays. Food on the tray.
Film opens showing a Japanese Nakajima B5N (Kate) torpedo bomber flying low over the water through hail of bullets fired from Allied ships, during World War 2. Glimpse of the plane flying past a U.S. Iowa class Battleship. Next, it flies past a U.S.New Orleans Class Cruiser. As it continues flight, away from the camera, a U.S. Mahan class destroyer appears from the left. Flak puffs of black smoke are in the air. Scene shifts to smoke rising from a bombed ship in the distant background. Change of scene shows a U.S. Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft recovering on an aircraft carrier.
Aircraft P-47flown by Lieutenant Colonel Schilling,of 62nd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Fighter Command, stationed in England. Gun camera images show strafing of targets on railroads and highways.
P-47, flown by Lieutenant Colonel Schilling of the 62nd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stationed in England. Gun camera shows strafing of moving trains and trucks, on the Continent, during World War II.
Aircraft P-47 flown by Lt. Col. Schilling of 62nd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stationed in England, strafes transport trucks on the European Continent, during World War II.
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